kind

Definitions of kind
  1. noun
    a young person of either sex
    synonyms: bijvak, bokje, broed, broedsel, ding, keutel, leggoed, minderbroeder, minderjarige, mineur, minoriet, nageltang, peuter, pootgoed, pootvis, visbroed, visbroed(sel), wicht
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    pleegkind
    a child who is raised by foster parents
    duiveltje, duveltje
    one who is playfully mischievous
    wees, weesjongen, weeskind, weesmeisje
    a child who has lost both parents
    kleuter, peuter, wicht
    a young child
    schoffie, straatjongen
    a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas
    enfant terrible, rotjong
    a very troublesome child
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    jeugdboek, kinderboek
    a young person, not fully developed
  2. noun
    a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
    synonyms: koter, loot, spruit
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    moederplant, ouder, stamplant
    a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
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    baby, boreling, bébé, infant, jonggeborene, kindje, kleine, kleintje, kleuter, pasgeborene, zuigeling
    a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
    stiefkind
    a child of your spouse by a former marriage
    cherub
    a sweet innocent baby
    dienstmeisje, hit
    a female human offspring
    vondeling
    a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown
    petekind
    an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism
    jongen, zn., zoon, zoonlief
    a male human offspring
    stiefdochter
    a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage
    stiefzoon
    the son your spouse by a former marriage
    reageerbuisbaby
    a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus
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    afstammeling, descendent, grut, kinderzegen, kroost, nageslacht, nakomeling, nakomelingschap, nakroost, nazaat, oir, telg
    the immediate descendants of a person
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